Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester: A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's HospitalPerkins, Thomas, Rev.
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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester: A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital
Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
Manchester Cathedral (England)
In the bay between the chapter house and the Fraser Chapel is a four-light
window with eight subjects. In the upper row, The Transfiguration,
Lazarus, Christ riding on an Ass, The institution of the Lord's Supper;
and in the lower, "This is my beloved Son," Elisha raising the Child,
David, The offering of Isaac. This was given in 1859 by a citizen once
a chorister. It is by Edmundson & Son.
In the Fraser Chapel are two windows. The first, facing south, has
four lights, and contains the glass which formerly occupied the window
of the bay that was opened out when the Fraser Chapel was built. Its
four subjects are: Simeon, The Baptism of Christ, The Miracle at Cana,
and Christ blessing little Children. An inscription records that it was
given in 1858 by a citizen once a chorister; it is by Edmundson & Son.
The window in the east wall of this chapel has three lights. Its
subjects are: 1, St. John; 2, "I am He that was dead and am alive
again"; 3, St. Paul. It was erected as a memorial to Bishop Fraser by
Messrs. Shrigley & Hunt.
The east window of the south choir aisle has five lights, and each of
these contains two subjects.
In the upper row we see Christ in the centre, with two of the evangelists
on either side of him. In the lower tier are represented: 1, The Agony
in the Garden; 2, Christ bearing His Cross; 3, The Crucifixion; 4, The
Angels announcing the Resurrection; 5, The Ascension. This was given by
G. Pilkington, and is by Wailes of Newcastle.
In the Lady Chapel there are two windows, each of two lights in the
north and south walls, and two, of four lights each, in the east wall.
Beginning with the westernmost window in the south side, we find a
representation of the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost,
and an inscription which states that the window is a memorial to "John
Allen bonorum bujus ecclesiae custos," who died in 1861.
The next window contains a representation of Christ among the Doctors.
It is a memorial to Samuel Bulteel, who died in 1883.
The next window in the east wall represents the Crucifixion of Christ
and the two robbers, and was erected to commemorate the fact that the
Lady Chapel was once the property of the Hoare family.
The other window in this wall shows the visit of the Magi, and was given
by J. H. Chetham in 1884, in memory of Humphrey Chetham, the great
benefactor to Manchester, who was born in 1580 and died in 1653.
The two windows in the north wall represent the Annunciation and
Salutation respectively, and were inserted as memorials to Edith Mary
Romilly, daughter of Dean Cowie, who died in 1883; it was given by the
Dean; and to Elizabeth Sharp, who died in 1881. The latter was given by
S. Wm., and Elizabeth Bulteel.
All the windows in the Lady Chapel are by Moore of London.
The five-light window at the east end of the north choir aisle illustrates
the text beginning "I was hungry," etc. It was given by G. Pilkington as
a memorial to Humphrey Chetham. It is by Wailes of Newcastle.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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